A+ Certification Contracts in the West Midlands

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 115 133
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 +35
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.052% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.16% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £144 - £170
25th Percentile £150 £213 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £225 £362
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% -37.85% +126.25%
75th Percentile - £238 £482
90th Percentile - - £553
England median daily rate £140 £200 £150
% change year-on-year -30.00% +33.33% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

A+ Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 419 632 637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.90% 32.63% 27.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 401 391
10th Percentile £150 £275 £313
25th Percentile £289 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £536
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.04% +12.84%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £609
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 34 28
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.00 £11.70
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.08 £13.31
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +50.00% +1.33%
75th Percentile £39.61 £43.44 £27.54
90th Percentile £59.20 £58.75 £60.05
England median hourly rate £42.75 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +6.88% -23.81% +38.16%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the West Midlands

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the West Midlands

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the West Midlands

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham - 2 £160 -
Coventry - 1 £140 -
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow